I don't have another computer but fortunatley I went searching for a backup of what I deleted and found it. Thanks for the help though. What happened was I somehow managed to delete the desktop, I found my backup of the stuff on there but now it won't let me put anything on the desktop how do I fix it? thanks for the timely response the help is appreciated.

I don't have another computer but fortunatley I went searching for a backup of what I deleted and found it. Thanks for the help though. What happened was I somehow managed to delete the desktop, I found my backup of the stuff on there but now it won't let me put anything on the desktop how do I fix it? thanks for the timely response the help is appreciated.

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You mean you deleted the folder ~/Desktop (i.e. Desktop from your home folder)? If so you could try creating a folder called Desktop in your home folder.

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